Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 148, 1 May 1920 — Page 18

PACE FOCR

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1S20

QUERY CORNER

The pJItor will try to answor quontlona readers rt tli Junior submit to her. She will nut promise to answer all of th'.-m. llur quemlons will be answered in rotation, so do not expect the answer to be printed in the Km week in which. ou tsuiiU it in. Dear Aunt Polly: What is cast i f the sun anl west of the moon? --Jumbo. Dear Jumbo: Space'. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: What la my oacher's name. This H my teach- ( r's name. E. L M. K. H. Dear M. E. H.: YOur teacher's name is Miss Edith 'Liasun, usually called Miss Edith Eliason. Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: What do you think I am? C. Dear C: I would say you are something that belongs to the t.enus Human and the Species Boy. -Aunt Polly. Dear Aunt Polly: Who invented needles and pins? M. C. Dear M. B.: Nobody knows. Needles and pins were used, we learn, way back in the old ages. They have been found in th.e old tombs of Egypt and in old ruins of some of the earliest nations we know anything about. The ancient aeoples had an old story that neeiles were invented by the Goddos3 Bellona. These early people made their needles of wood or fish-bones. Needles were found in the. ruins of Pompeii that city Vesuvius painted Dff the map. As far as people can figure, steel needles seem to have been invented by the Chinese many years ago, and brought into Europe by the Moors, who were, by the way, a wonderful people. The first needle factory in Europe was founded at Nuremberg in 1370. Pins of all sorts of material have been found in Egyptian tombs, and the ancient Mexicans, not having steel pins, used a certain kind of thorn. In many parts of England up to the middle of the sixteenth century, rough skewers of wood were used for pins. I would be afraid of getting splinters, wouldn't you? The first pin factory in England was founded in Gloucester. England in 162G and very soon became very prosperous. America buys most of her pins and needles from other countries, I guess, for there are not many factories which make them in the United States Aunt Polly. RIDDLES 1. A river in Ita'y, an Irish woman's drink, and something about a baby. 2. Something about a baby, a month, and the thing you had at first Marian Hodgin, Baxter school. 3. In what trade is the sun? Faith Smith, White school, grade 5. 4. What comes after cheese? 5. When a boy falls into tin water, what is the first thing he does? R. S. (Answers will appear in next week's Junior.) ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S RIDDLES 1. Because its next (neck's weak) week Fern I. Via. 2. So that people can pick their teeth. 3. When he is a ruler. Chester C. 4. When it pnls. 5. The wind blow (blue) and the waves rose. Ruth E. Smith. MINUIIMU inc. OM n M rlM ..a --..- .Aifr-A

Richmond has a Sahara desert ; door j thi3 timc ghe wag ,remblin and which was just lately discovered by Bill said: Oh, its nothing but, jlfir teeth werp ClaUe(.in fearfully two well known girls of Richmond, work from morning till night." i Sjie begged to start home immediIt was discovered Saturday after-! "How long have you b-cn at it ?" atelv but where was home'

nr.nn It has been seen many times, but never a time has it been thought of as the Sahara desert. When walking along,' one of the girls said, "Why this is the Sahara desert!" Our new desert has had very few i Dcople travel over it for it has no Dath at all. ! After traveling over all this, we had mud all over our heels, but it took a very short time to take that off. While down there we saw mauy different kinds of birds. Marie Heel-man, 7A and Vivian Igelman, grade 7B, Garfield school. FOIi SALE An auto wheel coaster, No. 2; just as good as new. Reasonable price. Call at 222 S. Eighth street.

Hike Column

I-ast Friday, nose. Opal. Olive Ina Mae, Elizabeth and myself de tided that Saturday we would take n miro twi'i irnu t-i a iinii ' jih.ii - mnml lwh c.ii-1 c.,,.l,l t,..ln ..... , 4. fiia I'nuum U1WIK some sandwiches, pickles, cakes' and some kind of lruit. Wo decided that we would meet at my house at 8 o'clock Saturday morn ing. We were all there, to be sure. mien we started, my little brother ueai 10 cry Decause ne wanted to t;o with us. Mother said that we should take my little brother with us. Our dog Prince followed us. We did not know the dog was following us until we were ou the New Paris pike. We saw a great i many robins and other birds build ing nests out of strings and straw. Elizabeth carried the basket of cakes. She dropped the cakes. The dog came and ate the cakes. We saw a big, black crow sitting on a fence. It took us a long time to get there. When we got there it was noon. Then we began to unpack the lunch, because we were an as Hungry as a big bear. The I things that we did not eat the dog ate. When we started homo the dog got lost and we could not find him lor a long time. When we got home we were very tired, to be sure. Then wc ate our supper and went to bed. Marguerite Muckridge, Grade CB, Whitewater. THE RESCUE OF THE PRINCESS A beautiful little princess was walking in a forest, when she heard a loud roar. In great fear she looked up and there in front of her was an awful lion. She turned to the right. Another lion stood there. Several deep roars told her, even before she had time to see, that she was completely surrounded by the wild beasts. Poor little Princess! There seemed no way of escape. She was sinking to the earth in terror when Prince Charming came in sight, he Killed ail the lions.

V r.. 1 10 groa i In the afternoon is when many of wood for this cost $1.75, and a : h t MnC-e Ch,arming took htr t0;the girls try to learn to swim ' lady who saw it the other dav, said - ner iatner s palace She told taimibv themselves and those that can it was better looking than one she. vlL 7: kmg f,aid 10 swim try to swim underneath wa-,bnd priced in town which was eight i rip.ee Charming, lor this brave i tpr ! dollars." i deed you may have my Princess." i Toward evening we finished our! Work is being put out rapidlv in l hey were married the next day. ! iu ,. ,..:.., u' .... i iho ri.uv.Hnu.nt ,,i ,i, i,, t, "..

iney hved happily ever atter. Mil-,,. dred Beck, tit ii grade, Eldorado, 0., Monroe school. THE VIOLET Oh little Violet, so sweef, Crowing at my feet. There's no flower that can beat. The little Violet at my feet. Bernice Amanda Goehel, grade, Baxter school. FLOWER CATALOGUE The lillies are of sweetest hue, They come out where there is no dew; The roses are the flowers' king. They to the porch and house will cling; The ivy is the friendship flower, It clings to every tree and tow er. ; i',,i,,.inn I.V., r..,,..-ioi,i ,.i A GOOD ONE office was to havea tooth abstracted! He said he wanted gas. After h-'' had taken enough ga:-: to float a balloon, one eye was left " Shut that eye, you idiot!" cried the dentist The patient murmured drowsily, "Can't it's glass." ("best r Collins. A MISTAKE "What's the matter with you, Bill?" asked the little boy next; ....... i.n. nmv vvj ml 1 1 ,1 1 .a o L- ..I 1 h.i 1,111.-. hnv , t-. vt asKeu me ,)oy next noor.

"Oh, I he-;in tomorrow," said Bill. ;iar,3 amj we (lilln-r know wh;ch I T , J way to start. There were hills on! A negro down south wai asked: nil pidos of us and we were both! what he had given his son for as0 tired, too. from wandering off. ! namp- I looked aboutfor some houses in! He says, "Pro tern. Johnson, sir.", sight, but there wasn't a house.! "What's th.; Pro tt m for," asked i We thought we could trace ihe;

Mh" guest j grew up, "We thought v.h n h he might want to change his nam1 so we put pro te m as a warning Jo , the public Chester Collins, Finlcy school. An Indian boy at Hampton insti tute, Va., wrote this composition on Patrick Henry: "Patrick Henry was not a bright boy. He had blue ryes and light hair. He got married and then said "Give me liberty or give me death." Catholic School Journal.

lta Fan We Have In the Country The girls of our grade can hardly wait for vacation to come. It is

not because they go to the lakes or 'any summer resort but Just out to ni v nn isn nn . n iu in in vnn nn in. , j -jv, ........ ... ...... u v thrw. nn.1 a hnlf mi'vn frnm VI mi t m ......w . ...... school.

The names of th girls that my sister and I were wondering ; Coach O'Connor had all the men come out are: Marcella, Agnes, j what the squaw would say. But picked out except a one mile runAnna, Martha, Angela, Marguerite, We found to our astonishment that j ner and that was left to either Tim

Lucille, Anetta, Clara, Florence, iwniiiii nmi min ra whmn i run. not remember. I will now tell of one of the times when these girls were out to my house. Early in the morning I and my sister went to town and took a small spring wagon for about 10 eirls and about th:it manv lanre lunch baskets Well, when the thirttenth one was just ready to get on, many of the spokes came out of one of the wheels, because of two much weight upon them. My sister asked us to get out and j everyone did but we left the lunch baskets in. She went' on home, and all of us girls had to walk. It was about 10 o'clock when we got there and then as the day was very warm, we all went swimming. Our suits were not so terribly fancy but what did we care. Some of the girls knew how to swim but most of them used water wings. None of us know how to dive, but we got up on the diving board and just fell into the water. That is just as much fun to my notion. After about an hour of this sort of fun, we went back to my house and ate lunch under a large willow tree, where it was cool. We had all sorts of sandwiches, and fruit, cake and milk. Then after dinner, we waded up a little creek that runs thru our

plaee and tried to find its end, but instructor in 'his work, "there is j "ana was far more superior, we never got that far as the girls i always a saving." Then he pointed North Lewisburg showed considwere too anxious to go back to the! to a handsome oak pedestal which : erahle ability and soon ran up a swimming hole. he had just finished and said, "The: 'urge score. Everything had come

r,,nm ml f.r ..,lit , big sister and I take them home on a large red wagon. On thp wav, we sing and tell jokes, and as far as I know there js not one that dors not wish to come out again. fomnnsod hv rinro Pr-Wn c.v, jOado, St. Andrew's school. ' Age

4B;13.

j Honorable mention in Story Writing Contest. Sarah Sane and I Have An Adventure One summer day Sarah Jane' who was my sister, and I went out: for adventure. There were manv! hills which surrounded our old cab-i in wnere we were then visiting.! e had never heard about the dangers of traveling among the hills. That day we were feeling "te'"c!J- lively and wanted new adventure. We went early in the morning on our expedition, not 'aking any lunch. We were enioy-! ing the beautiful scenery and the fun nf rnnntiMir thn .1 I'f'.. t v.:n.. I s " m..s, :.hen all at once my sister let out ray sister let out a horrible shriek which echoed back on the hills. At first I didn't know what had happened to her, but after looking down and seeing a loner, hu.ire rattlesnake I thor oughly understood, it had . ' n of hp- n ( ,n,l oru i-o( n We were sn far frnm hrimo imr. I path back the way we came. Sure; enourh. there was the oath thai we! made comin" so we, .st umbled alomr ' drapf.-ina; our feet, making sure we! were on the right road. We were! getting along fast and far now. i And all of the rattlesnakes were j gone. But, alas! v.e were on the wrong path and the road had made, a bend and had made two roads,; and we had taken the wrong one. This led us to an Indian cabin. We were thoroughly frightened. Nevertheless, we went to the door and knocked. An old Indian squaw

came to the door. She asked us to, come in (in Indian language), and

motioned us to a chair. Then the Indian and my sister and I talked together, not understanding eacn i other. Then the squaw showed us U0me old prisoners which they had captured a long time ago, some of ...i . . . , nilOill we lOUnu 10 De OUr Oill. ' i. mi -- . , . i i iimiiis. I I Hv WtTM NO I'liKl III KI'H I us, they just wanted to talk. And ; the squaw set the prisoners free, i for the Indhtn nniiceil th:it we wi.re inentiiy with cadi oilier, ho, by a; lot of motioning we made the In ; dian understand that we wanted toj go home, so the chief Indian tm- j hitched the horses from the tree I trunks and let us ride to the near-! j '" 1 village on 1 lOUP.d the Indian: horseback. We to be kind, alter all. When we arrived at the vil -

lage, i went to one ot the homes:,!,,, fmi:.h, when Tim .-lowly crept

and asked the lather if he knew where Frank Williams lived, and he said "Yes." So he got out the carriage and took us about three miles, and then drove into lather's lot, and wo were at homo at last. Mother and father greeted us happily. Ruth Hutchins, Garfield School. Making One's Own Furniture Means Saving Money Added to Ihe pleasure ofien in making something ihat is goodlooking and useful is the knowledge that some money has been saved. ; and that knowledge makes one es-j pecially happy in these days when, prices are (lying so far skyward ' it would seem as if tiny were trying to outdo .Major Schroeder's roe-; ord. The boys in the Woodwork1 classes of Junior High school are enjoying both these pleasures. j "Even with the high prices paid! for wood," said Mr. Arthur Thomas, showintr crent interest itnnk mws m dicino cabine ts, wooden stand - ard electric lamps, some with love - H' shades, hall trees, tables and i jardink-r stands are the pieces of furniture generally made. Choice j as to the piece to be made is left to oaf h bov. Prides the Urge amount of furIniture made, the boys in this de-,

partmeut have just finished a gen-1 Smith, the North Lewisburg hurderous number of ironing boards If'r- Wtnt five yards in the lead. The and jumping jacks for the Junior :,wo I'rbana boys fell out as they

Red cross shipment of toys to the Near East. DILUTED MILK IS QUICKLY DETECTED BY NEWEST DEVICE Dr. Julius Ilovert, Minnesota state chemist, has perfected a de-l vice known as the cryoscope by j which, within eight minutes, one, can tell just what amount of water i has been added to milk. The invent ion is based on the principle of ; the freezing point test. No suit- J able method of testing accurately j and quickly had been invented previous to this one. I

?w pi

T; M-L, AM L TL ' m Murphy Of! the 1 TOCR

The basketball season was over and attention wan turned to track meets. I I'rbana, a small city in western Ohio, had finished an unsuccessful haxkethnll tpnenn lint liniw.il tn r. iJrihKt 10811 Season, DUt llOpt'U 10 rf" deem itself on the track. ' Murphy or Jim Odowd. ti, i.. !.,.-... i;,wi ti,Q track and each knew that in a Utile while they would know who would do the running for I'rbana. -Mm k. set. go," veiled the coach lind the 1 wo lads dinted forward, Tliev kem even for about threefourths of the way, then Jimmy Imil'ciI slriulv :,hr.-,il II,. UnA thU 'i.j.j linIii .,f,mit ,!lirtv van)s from up on him until he was only a few feet behind him. "Go it, Jimmy, go it old man," shouted one in the crowd. "lyet it out Tim", shouted ai other. And let it out he did, for with final spurt of speed he passel Jimmy and crossed the line winner. I'rbana had little trouble in win ning their first game and easily d feated North Lewisburg by tht overwhelming score of .lit to 14. In the second contest I'rban was forced to take a defeat from 'be team that had proven so easr to them in the first game. The final score was 27 to 4. 't was Friday morning and on Monday at 2:00 p. m. the Frbana la(,fl w-ould line up against th North Lewisburg squad for th honors of that district, The players went through a stiff workout and then waited anxiously for the game. At last the day came. The first event was hurdling in which Uroft except the one mile run. It netted ten points, the score was r9 to t'.S, North Lewisburg on the long d. Tim. with two other teammates d three opponents, took his place on the (rack. Xnrtli rwiKhnra- had Hie advantage as they were given , (l'e inside alley, 1 A lou1 report sang out in the ! air an1 ,li0 la(ls darted forward, : One of the Urbana lads went a few : yards in the lead and held it until i flie' reached one-half nrtirk. ! Everyone was on even terms as they finished three-fourths of the raf'p cn"1." not keep up Tim using ail ihe speed he pos sessed, shot past SmitlK and went over the line, a winner by two yards. Cheer after cheer, rent the air as Tim trotted to the clubhouse. I'rbana had won, thanks to Tim Murphy. FRANK RYAN, St. Mary's School. Age 12. (Honorable Mention in Story Writing Contest). A LETTER Richmond, Intl. Dear Aunt Polly: I saw the Story Writing Contest in the Junior Palladium, but before I go on, I certainly do enjoy it very much and the most is when I am sick, oh, but it is my little partner! I am home because of the rascal, and that is influenza, but am all right now, but have to stay in while I am home to pass the time away, I sat and wrote about our city. I said something about keeping front and back yard clean and also the garden. I haven't any myself, but I would love to have one. I am not after a prize at all, I wanted to see if I could write a story or not. Oh, say, Aunt Polly, excuse the writing paper I wrote on for the story because this is all we had but heavy pencil paper. I didn't want to ue it. I thought I would write a few. lines to you. I remain, Mildred Jones. Dear Mildred: I'm sorry about something and !'ni eTad about something, and the thing I am sorry about is that you were not one of the prize winners, aim the thing I am glad about is 'hat you included a "few lines" to me in your story for the contest, Try writing a longer letter next time. Thank you, Aunt Polly.